Thane: Thane police recently arrested three men, including a teenager, and seized three firearms, eight live cartridges, and a stolen motorcycle in two separate operations, officials said.On Dec 13, Naupada police arrested a 19-year-old man for allegedly trafficking firearms from another state. Based on specific intelligence, police laid a trap on the service road at…
Thane: The Motor Accident Claims Tribunal (MACT) awarded Rs 20 lakh compensation to an accident victim after a nine-year legal battle, decisively rejecting the insurance company’s claim that the policy was fraudulent. In the ruling, MACT member Rupali V Mohite addressed a petition under Section 166 of the Motor Vehicles Act concerning a Nov 27,…
Thane: The Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) announced a major initiative to scientifically control the city’s stray dog population. This includes the construction of dedicated shelters, expanded sterilisation and vaccination drives, and the launch of citywide awareness campaigns. Municipal chief Saurabh Rao said the measures include setting up kennels through five authorised agencies. These will house…
Mumbai: Water supply in some areas of G North, K East and H-East wards will be low pressure for 87 hours that is from 10 am on December 22 to 1 am on December 26. Besides, there will be changes in regular water supply timings as well, as BMC is carrying out cross-connection work after…
Mumbai: Four persons have been arrested by Samta Nagar police for allegedly conning 190 people of Rs 67 lakh collectively with fake visas for jobs as handymen and drivers in Russia, South Korea and Turkey. The victims belong to different parts of the country, including Maharashtra, UP and Bihar.Police said the accused took away the…
Mumbai: The state govt has decided to review and regulate the names of schools across Maharashtra that are misleading or misrepresent information. The decision follows observations by the school education department that several institutions are using terms such as ‘international’ and ‘global’ in their names without offering an international curriculum, thereby creating confusion among parents,…
Court Gives A Month’s Time To Comply CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: A division bench of Justices Vibha Kankanwadi and Hiten Venegavkar of the Bombay high court directed the Nanded district collector on Dec 12 to initiate action within one month in a case of alleged encroachment on 23 acres of govt land attached to the Nanded Sikh…
From Pandharpur’s pilgrimage trails to the former US president’s 2025 playlist, a 13th-century Marathi prayer for universal brotherhood has leapt across time and tides to find a place in Barack Obama’s annual music recommendations.Amid high-energy international pop, hip-hop, and Afrobeats — from Lady Gaga and Blackpink to Kendrick Lamar and Burna Boy — Obama’s list…
Thane: A 57-year-old taxi driver was convicted for procuring a minor girl but acquitted of rape and aggravated sexual assault charges by the Additional Sessions Court in a case that kept him in custody for nearly four years.The court sentenced the man to the period already undergone in jail and imposed a fine of Rs…
Manikrao Kokate (File photo) MUMBAI: Three days after a sessions court in Nashik upheld his conviction for an offence of cheating in a 30-year-old case of securing a flat under the state’s EWS quota by showing lower income, Bombay HC Friday suspended ex-minister and NCP politician Manikrao Kokate’s two-year sentence and granted him bail. However,…
